Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13
THE SECRET or LION-TAMING.
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tsrvisWsd N. Bidel, the french liou.tamsF,
with the following result:
"liow did y'u come N be . lion tamefr'
~ was bred " the business Ny father
kspt = show. ] texan t0 enter the caGos
when I was quite = child. 1 bcgsn with
wolves, hyenss and ether small Try. Al ID
LETT my parents, and Travelled about the
country with other shows 10 1850 IVES q
Bayonne With the BanAtb, mSuaseriA A
young royal Bengal tiger got iasa You cen
Imagine tho state of the Inhabitants. ! was
sent for. I looked for the henst sOrns time,
and iouud him at las In bi .cx xsmlth's shop.
l went up to him, csugbl rim by The thrust
with ono hand, and With tho other threw him
on my shouldssa and carri Il him bact 70 his
cage ] carried him three bubdred yaYdA
Ny back wAs considerably damaged. was
- years old thsu, and It u from tnat moment
date my vsritAble career. h~d fsced danger,
knew what II waa, aud did no, fear Il Inn.
mediatsly beean TO ismo Iona lionessoa,
tigers polar bears, panthers, sta"
/" You smoke, I see," said, ~ lighted Q
cigarette from the ono hs held In his hand.
"Tobacco doea not unsteady your nerves ~
"Csrtainly not. IL ~ true, do not smoke
much. Twelve cigarettes ut most day. NO.
No cogusc, thank you. ! have taken my lit
tie glass, aud that 10 all the alcohol ] shall
touch I'LL the same time 10 morrow. Alcohol
In the very worst thing man In my probes.
zion can mako . bad use ot. The beasA seem
to know when q man has taken too much
One would fancy thov can discriminate BE-
tween real courage and that bravsdo which
you call Dutch courage All these accidents
that you read about Ia the papers are caused
by the drunk OF iion.tamers, who
bring their courage up tn the sticking point
by excessive drinking. I take no alcohol at
all except what yOu just aaw mo take. II
am ever offered = drink, I take xlaas OF
sail n avalxy ~,
brutes have to begin by being completely
master Of my sell"
THH SECRET OF IIoS-rAMfNa.
"Whst means do you employ to tame your
aninalsf"
"My complete self confidence and my
courage / consider thsse the only means
Red hot irons, arms, loaded whips sre the i'm.
psmsnta OF the charisian or the coward.
! have never made Uss OF anything
ing whip. And, please observe, 1 only
work with iuil-grown animals captured
In Wild state, and not, Ike my confreres,
with beasts born In the menaReries and
tle When the Prince and Princes OF Wales
Waited my establishment In 1873, at the time
OF the exhibition, l entered the cAse in their
pyesence and In the presence OF Gambetta,
Emile dc Grnrdin and Others, and mastered
ak full grown African lions whom ] had r0-
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.ny s Sso, ,..,, 10. ~ -, ~. v.. snr 49,
~. s.s,a " IA .no f...,r.. ,Iis,t ma . vsss 20
-. ~. vS.r. n,s ii,.t ~ IN Ma nv,mS
whsn I sn,srsa hi, cage n, the nrst time,
,rh., - =. dnwn a, I vons IN San,smbev isiS
r.. n,s,,om. asv ~, had IiiIef = man called
v,cs,s ana nv nsr,ormsncs vns Riyon IN
s.vn, n, V,c.,a,s v,,iov .nd oynb.n. Vicard
80 a r.,i~.v no,,er and h.d teen foolish
snourh IL 70 put h,. hand into tho lions travel.
ing box At the station. Sultan had lust ar
riy.S from AfIca th.. mornipv Sultan
saIzs al hi. arm and tore IL On bodily. Tho
Innn died tho ssme night, Before twenty.
fOur hours had eIspsad i bsd entirely sunju.
Rs,ed THE m ,n.kiiisr, 1 worked regularly
with him twice dsy for ten years Ii was
just a year ago that he attacked me and nearly
kliied me: ! Was snnstng from ,,not,a.s, ,nou
,nmst ns~s, "~s LAY Isit I.,ons nave not your Eng.
Iisn notions about respecting q fallen ios.
The brute was on me like shot, and got me
BY the neck. caught him ny me thIos' an., ana
sn"n' "' sn'o.. ,s,,,ansa Sa,am n,," a"mS,iss.
;"r hs o,ams, nj. isws and loossned his hold
Imam ,ssrinv out the II ,sb. IL he had
Snne ths, shouId Inevitably have beeu
stIIsa Us ,hsn sei,.d ma NV the arm. and
si,spw.ras nv the thiyb. woSudiog me he.
.,S.. -,,n his cisSs in tSrse o,her Slscss. I
,m.ns.at hnwav.r IN .n,,s nj nv tsrribls
wo,,rHs 70 s,rnvs,. In nv iast. and oncs on
nv ,.ar Was master Of him. since then,
hHwsvsr havs No, ar,ors.i the cspeA
h.v. Sa,n ,a,r,nIv sh.kan ana rsduced
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